The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-03-26
EARN NoTEs.

he found in a peculiar passion for large
fields.
When the pigs are coughing 1t indi-
Gates not only damp yards but also
that the roof of the shelter leaks.
Ii the weather becomes warm, pillow
the ground for the garden and let il
freeze before winter passes over.
Avoid metals about butter. The salt
will cause rust and stain the butter.
Metallic rust is often poisonous.
Scatter some of the finest, richest and
best manure YOU have on the liecc of
ground intended for your onions.
y teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine
in a pint and a half of corn meal il cln-
sidered one of the best remedies for
gapes when fed TO young chicks.
SCOT contains several fertilizing ele-
ments, such as ammonia, muriatic acid,
lime, magnesia and other substances,
which, being the product of vegetation,
are also the natural food of plants.
There is no use i'm holding uu Ia beef.
cattle or sheep for higher market to-
wards spring, FOR that time has gone by.
IL used To be 50. but the dressed meat
shipments have offset this chance
We must feed To sell as soon ~ ready.
The asparagus bed must he attended
TO early. Fork in a plentiful supply of
+
the rains TO carry down the soluble DOr-
/ tions TO the roots of the plants.
As result of the wholesale dcstruc-
! tion of birds for ornamental purposes,
I reports from South Carolina state that
ravages of insects in that State last sea
son were greater than ever before
/ known.
\ correspondent of the English Far
I nle1-s' Gazette asserts that five pounds
/ of common white beans ground fine
/ and fed i'm half-pound doses with bran
I twice daily VIII cure the worst case of
I bloody milk.
Four times as much nutriment can he
secured by converting the waste pro-
ducts of the earth into milk as can te
I gained by putting them into beef, NUT
+ ton or pork
\ remedy for gargct i said 10 he eight
drops of tincture Of uConitc dropped
ON piece of bread and mixed with the
+ food AT nights, the next morning giving
four more drops in the same manner.
\ successful Canadian daIryman
/ thinks bran peas and corn mixed makes
+ the best tbutteT-producing Eood for cows.
i Cows should he miiked with dry hands.
I Cows should not be milked in proNim-
+ ity to the dung pile.
An English gardener advises trap
ping ants with bones upon which some
meat has been left, and dipping occa-
sionally i'm hot water For ''slugs and
wino-worms" he uses pieces of potato
. or carrot.
Don't put Off trimming the vines too
late i'm the season, OF il cannot be done
at all. IL the sap begins To flow the
cutting of the vines will cause them TO
"blecdn and the consequence will he no
fruit. Trim when the weather is cold.
Mr.. 4. r. Whitney, the great or
chardist of Northern Illinois, advises
the following for rabbits gnawing apple
trees: Onc-fourth bushel lime, one
half pound copperas, one pound of
cheap glue. Add the glue and copperaS
after shaking it. Apply in the fan of
each year. The cost is only one-siN-
teenth that of tarred paper, and is re-
ported more efiectual.
Should wagon or Luggy-tire become
Il little loose from shrinkage or the fell
locs, instead of taking the wheel to the
shop to have the tire cut and replaced,
get half a gallon of linseed oil, and af-
ter heating il pretty well, pour the same
in a shallow dish and give the rim of
the wheel two or three slow turns
around through it; the oil penetrating
the felloes, will SO swell them that the
tire will become as tight az ever.
An apiarist of considerable exper-
ience says he is fully convinced that
bacteria, or foul breed never attacks
the larvae of the honey bee except when
the larvR are weakened or i'll from
some other cause, and that there is no
remedy known that will benefit a col
ony of hces afflicted with this disease
unless it he accompanied by good
healthy food. In fact the food is all
that is nesessary.
The swill barrel is often allowed to he
come filthy, not only from decomDosi-
tion and chemical change of elements
but from always allowing portion oi
the old swill to remain, the result some,
times being poisonous formation. Al
though il may be an advantage To al
low swill TO stand a few days, vet even
the swill barrel should be cleaned occas-
sionallY, if disease is 10 be avoided.
Milk cannot he made from nothing
If the materal for its manufacture be not
found in the food il will be taken from
the accumulated flesh of the body, and
if no surplus flesh has been accumulate
ed the secretion of milk will either
cease or the materials he drawn from
the muscles and tissues which are
otherwise needed fer the maintenance
Of health and strength.
In regard to spreading manure i'm tho
winter, Mr.. Waldo +. Brown, am ex
perienced farmer in Ohio, says: "WheI
taken out spread the manure at ono,
ON the field where it is to be plowed un
der in spring. | compt st the manure
in the barnyard, which is to be used on
the garden or as a topdTessing for who at
but shed-made manure prefer to apply
direct from the wagon when the land
is frozen. Even if it does not do quite
/ so much good it saves labor at busy
time. Last winter | spread part of tho
manure as we drew il out, but put some
40 loads in a heap at the side of a field
to be planted in potatoes. WhcT
spring came it rained so much and the
, land was so soft that we could moi
handle the manure at all when We
wish d TO do SO, and il gave Us 50 much
: trouble that ! made up my mind /,
spread in winter hereafter"